Rahul Nambiar

Rahul hails from Kannur, Kerala and was brought up in Delhi and Chennai.[1] After completing his MBA and M.Com, Rahul started working for two years in a bank, which he felt was too "monotonous",[2] before performing at live shows with Sunitha Sarathy.[3] In 2001, he won the Sun TV Sapthaswarangal contest, beating 3000 contestants, following which he decided to pursue a singing career.[1] Rahul was introduced as a playback singer by Vijay Antony in the Tamil film Dishyum.[1]

In 2009, Rahul joined hands with his longtime friend and bass player Aalap Raju to form a band named RAHLAAP.[2] The duo released a self-titled album in Hindi language based on "Music beyond genres",[2] on which they had worked for four years.[1] He is considered a versatile singer, having sung in various genres such as Western, Carnatic, light music and hip-hop.[1][4] Rahul has performed more than 400 live shows around India and abroad,[1] and over 350 songs for films, most prominent ones being Mani Sharma's "Vasantha Mullai" (Pokkiri),[3] Yuvan Shankar Raja's "Adada Mazhada" (Paiyaa) which fetched him his first Filmfare nomination for the Best Male Playback Singer Award,.[5] In 2012, he won his first Filmfare award in the Best Male Playback Singer Award category for Thaman's "Guruvaram" song (Dookudu). He has also lent his voice for several ad jingles.[1]

• RAHLAAP – official website
• RAHLAAP - YouTube page
• - Filmography Reference